Rouhani wins Iran's presidential election with 57 pct of ballots

Source: Xinhua | 2017-05-20 18:04:32 | Editor: huaxia

Iranian incumbent President Hassan Rouhani (C) waves to his supporters during a campaign rally in Tehran, Iran, May 9, 2017. (Xinhua/Meng Tao)

TEHRAN, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's incumbent President Hassan Rouhani won the country's presidential election, Iran's Interior Minister, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, announced here on Saturday.

Out of 41,220,131 counted votes, which accounts for 99.7 percent of the total votes cast on Friday election, Rouhani secured 23,549,616 votes or 57 percent of the ballots, Rahmani Fazli said.

His nearest challenger Ebrahim Raisi got 15,786,449 votes, amounting to 38.5 percent of the ballots, he said.

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Rouhani wins Iran's presidential election with 57 pct of ballots

Source: Xinhua 2017-05-20 18:04:32

Iranian incumbent President Hassan Rouhani (C) waves to his supporters during a campaign rally in Tehran, Iran, May 9, 2017. (Xinhua/Meng Tao)

TEHRAN, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's incumbent President Hassan Rouhani won the country's presidential election, Iran's Interior Minister, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, announced here on Saturday.

Out of 41,220,131 counted votes, which accounts for 99.7 percent of the total votes cast on Friday election, Rouhani secured 23,549,616 votes or 57 percent of the ballots, Rahmani Fazli said.

His nearest challenger Ebrahim Raisi got 15,786,449 votes, amounting to 38.5 percent of the ballots, he said.